Hyacinth Holland

[1] At the Universität of his hometown, Holland began to study Catholic theology, but later switched to law and medicine.

Holland was in close contact with King Ludwig II of Bavaria and was instrumental as an advisor for his enigmatic thematic room decorations of the Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee castles.

[2] Personal knowledge and a vast amount of collected documentation made Hyacinth Holland one of the most prolific Bavarian obituary writers and biographers of his time period.

Especially for the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) and the Biographisches Jahrbuch he wrote numerous articles about Bavarian artists of the 19th century, some of whom would have been completely forgotten without him.

[3] Holland died in Munich on 16 January 1918 at the age of 90 and found his final resting place there.